CAPE Applied Mathematics 2013 Unit 1 Paper1

1. A sample of 5 is to be selected from a group of

10 persons. Each person in the group has an
equal chance of being selected for the sample.
This method of sampling is known as 4. Which of the following variables is discrete?
(A) systematic random sampling (A) Time of travel
(B) stratified random sampling (B) Number of books
(C) simple random sampling (C) Weight of boys
(D) quota sampling (D) Height of shelves

2. Under which condition, for a population 5. Which of the following describe(s) the MAIN
divided into strata, is it preferable to use features of the normal distribution?
stratified random sampling rather than simple
I. It is bell-shaped.
random sampling?
II. It is symmetrical about the mean, μ.
(A) Individuals in each strata are alike in
many ways. III. The total area under the curve is 1.
(B) Large number of strata containing only a IV. It extends from 0 to ∞.
few individuals.
(C) Individuals in each strata are very
(A) I only
different.
(B) II and IV only
(D) Strata are of equal size and each
individual is equally likely to be selected. (C) I, II and III only
(D) III and IV only
3. For data arranged in order of size, the LOWER
quartile is the value
6. A pie chart drawn to illustrate the yearly
(A) below which 75% of the distribution lies expenditure for an adult has the sector
representing transport measured by 80°. If the
(B) above which 50% of the distribution lies expenditure for transport is $1000, to the
(C) below which 25% of the distribution lies nearest dollar, the TOTAL expenditure for the
year is
(D) above which 20% of the distribution lies
(A) $1 765
(B) $2 294
(C) $2 903
(D) $4 500
 9. The secretary of a club wants to obtain the
opinions of the members about the club’s
facilities. The club has 339 members, of whom
113 are males. The secretary decides to
conduct a survey using a random sample of 42
members. The representative sample would
Item 7 refers to the following information. be
The ages, in years, of 9 teachers at a school are (A) 14 males and 28 females
shown below.
(B) 28 males and 14 females
23, 28, 28, 29, 31, 32, 37, 38, 38
(C) 21 males and 21 females
7. The upper quartile for these data is
(D) 12 males and 30 females
(A) 28
10. The heights, in centimetres, of 5 students are:
(B) 31.5 165, 175, 176, 159, 170. The median and
mean, in centimetres, are respectfully
(C) 37.5
(D) 38 (A) 169, 169
(B) 170, 169

Item 8 refers to the following table which gives (C) 170, 170
the frequency distribution of the times, in (D) 176, 169
minutes, that 90 patients spent waiting to be
seen by a doctor.
Items 11-12 refer to the following table which
Waiting time Frequency
shows the daily sales (in thousands of dollars)
(minutes)
Day
0-6 5
Outlet
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5
7 - 13 27
A 4 6 7 9 10
14 - 20 30
B 6 4 9 14 16
21 - 27 20

28 - 34 8
11. Two pie charts are drawn to compare the total
sales for the week. The radius of the pie chart
8. The width of the class interval 14-20 minutes is for Outlet A is while that for Outlet B is

(A) 6 minutes The ratio is

(B) 7 minutes (A) 49:36

(C) 17 minutes (B) 36:49

(D) 30 minutes (C) 7:6

(D) 6:7
 (C) 64
12. A pie chart with radius 8cm is drawn for a third (D) 288
outlet, Outlet C. Using 6cm as the radius of the
pie chart representing Outlet A, the total sales
of Outlet C (in thousands of dollars) when
compared to Outlet A is
(A) 36
(B) 48

13. A systematic random sample that makes up 20% of the population is to be selected from among 320
students who are numbered from 001 through 320. If the first student chosen is numbered 002, then the
last student chosen would be numbered

(A) 300
(B) 312
(C) 315
(D) 317

Items 14-15 refer to the following box-and-whisker plot

14. The interquartile range is 15. The distribution is

(A) 10 (A) symmetric
(B) 30 (B) positively skewed
(C) 40 (C) normal
(D) 80 (D) negatively skewed

16. The random variable X is normally distributed (C)

with mean and variance 3. is
given by
(D)

(A)

(B)
 (B)

(C)
17. If then is given by
(D)
(A)
(B)
Item 21 refers to the information given below.
(C)
Events X and Y are independent and
(D)

18. A football team has a probability for

winning whenever it plays. If the team plays 8 21.
games, the probability of winning exactly 5
games is (A)

(A) (B)

(B) (C)

(C) (D)

(D)
Item 19 refers to the table below which shows
the probability distribution of the discrete
random variable X.

0 1 2 Item 22 refers to the following information.

0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 A discrete random variable X has a probability
distribution function

19. is
(A) 0.1
where is a constant.
(B) 0.6
(C) 0.9
(D) 0.4 22.

(A)
20. If which of the following is
valid?
(B)
(A)
(C)
 26. In which of the following Venn diagrams does
(D) the shading BEST illustrate the possibility
space for
Item 23 refers to the information below.

1 2 3 4

0.37 0.58 0.80 1 (A)

The discrete random variable Y, where Y takes
on only the values 1, 2, 3 and 4, has a
cumulative distribution function as
shown in the table below.

23. The value of is (B)

(A) 0.20
(B) 0.21
(C) 0.22
(D) 0.37

24. The standard deviation of a discrete random (C)

variable X is

(A)

(B)

(C)
(D)
(D)

25. If A and B are two events such that

and
then
(A) 0.05
27. The heights of rose plants follow a normal
(B) 0.18 distribution with mean 215 cm and standard
(C) 0.45 deviation 20.2 cm. The probability, to three
significant figures, that the height of a
(D) 1.60 randomly chosen rose plant is less than 200
cm is
(A) 0
(B) 0.229
 (C) 0.515 (B) 13
(D) 0.771 (C) 14
(D) 15
28. In each round of a game of cards, a player can
either win or lose the round. The probability of
winning the first round is and the 31. For a test of independence using a
contingency table with 4 rows and 5 columns,
probability of losing the second round is If the number of degrees of freedom is
the rounds are independent, then the (A) 8
probability of losing the first round and
(B) 9
winning the second round is
(C) 12

(A) (D) 20

(B) 32. If the level of significance, is increased in a

hypothesis test, then the rejection region is

(C) (A) reduced in size

(B) increased in size
(D) (C) unaltered
(D) increased in size by
29. In a certain district, it is believed that 60% of
the houses are insured against fire. If 140 33. In a hypothesis test for a population
houses are in the district, the number of
houses expected to be insured against fire is proportion, the null hypothesis is
and the alternative hypothesis is A
(A) 28
sample of 400 elements from the population
(B) 60 produced a sample proportion of 0.58. The
(C) 72 value of the test statistic, z, is

(D) 84 (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

30. The random variable is and

The value of is
(A) 10
34. Which of the following statements is NOT true
for a chi-squared test for independence?
(A) It is always greater than or equal to
zero.
Item 37 refers to the following contingency
(B) It tests whether or not two variables table which gives the results of a football team
are independent. over 40 matches.
(C) It uses a parameter called the number Weather Weather
Total
of degrees of freedom. good bad
(D) It uses two-tailed tests. Win 13 5 18
Draw 2 8 10
35. A balloon manufacturing company claims that
at least 10% of its balloons are blue. A random Lose 2 10 12
sample of 200 of these balloons is taken, and Total 17 23 40
16 are found to be blue. Which of the
following tests would be MOST appropriate for
establishing whether the balloon company
37. A significance test for independence is
needs to change its claim?
conducted on the effect of the weather on the
(A) t-test of a population mean team’s performance. The expected frequency
for the number of losses in bad weather is
(B) Chi-squared test for independence
(C) Two-tailed z-test of a population
proportion (A)

(D) One-tailed z-test of a population

proportion (B)

36. In a one-tailed z-test, the null hypothesis (C)

is tested against the alternative
hypothesis At the 10% (D)
significance, level, the critical z region is

(A)
38. If the product-moment correlation coefficient
(B) between a person’s weight and annual income
is 0.9, it could be concluded that
(C) (A) as income increases, a person’s weight
(D) decreases.
(B) as income decreases, a person’s weight
increases.
(C) as income increases, a person’s weight
increases.
(D) as income increases, a person’s weight
does not change.
 (B) The small samples are taken from
non-normal populations.
(C) The small samples are taken from
normal populations.
(D) The large samples are taken from
normal populations.

41. If samples of size n are drawn from a

39. A t-test is usually used when testing population which is not normally distributed,
then the sampling distribution of the sample
(A) the mean of a normal population with mean is
unknown variance and when the sample
size is small. (A) The large samples are taken from
non-normal populations.
(B) the mean of a normal population with
unknown variance and when the sample (B) The small samples are taken from
size is large. non-normal populations.

(C) the mean of a normal population with (C) The small samples are taken from
known variance and when the sample normal populations.
size is small. (D) The large samples are taken from
(D) the mean of a normal population with normal populations.
known variance and when the sample
size is large.

40. Which of the following conditions satisfies the

use of the central limit theorem?
(A) The large samples are taken from
non-normal populations.
42. Which of the following is ALWAYS true for all (B) the correlation coefficient
values of the product moment correlation
coefficient, r? (C) the points in a scatter diagram lie on an
upward sloping line.
(A)
(D) the points in a scatter diagram lie on a
(B) downward sloping line.

(C)
44. When using a small sample of size to
(D) construct a confidence interval for the
population mean, the number of degrees of
freedom for the t-distribution are
43. A perfect negative correlation may be
interpreted to imply that (A)

(A) the correlation coefficient (B)

 (C) (A)

(D) (B)

(C)
45. To construct a confidence interval for the
(D)
population proportion which of the
following must be true for a sample size

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